Despite a weather-related surge in vegetable prices, a fall in energy prices and core inflation meant CPI only rose a touch. Meanwhile, producer price deflation deepened on the back of worsening overcapacity. We think increased fiscal spending will boost domestic demand somewhat in the near-term. But with policy still too focused on the supply-side, deflationary pressures are likely to persist.
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